Friday, February 13, 2015

AmeriCorps at CitySquare: Getting things done!

CitySquare AmeriCorps is recruiting for Summer 2015!

How can you help?

Help us
spread the word about our summer of service opportunity by forwarding this
information on to friends, peers, family, coworkers and anyone else you think
might be interested! The application is attached and available online at http://www.citysquare.org/becomeamember/
.

Members
commit to 300-450 hours of service during the summer, receive a biweekly living
allowance while they serve and upon successful completion receive money for
school! More details are available in the attached Handout.

This summer
we have over 225 positions with following programs:

Food on the Move– Serve with a mobile feeding
program that provides daily meals to 10,000 children residing in low-income
apartment communities in Irving and Dallas. Members must be willing to serve
outside all day in the heat, be energetic, have reliable transportation and
thrive in a team environment. Preference is given to applicants 21 or over,
bilingual (English/Spanish) and with access to reliable transportation.

Education- Help eliminate summer learning loss with one of our
twelve community partner agencies; members support structured summer
programming to provide daily enrichment activities to youth in low-income areas
of Dallas and San Antonio. Members must have reliable transportation and
interest in working with youth.

Member Eligibility:

-Available full-time beginning June
1, 2015

-17 or older by June 1, 2015

-US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Deferred
Action does not qualify)

-Available all summer (Education
ends August 7; FOM ends August 14)

-Reliable Transportation

Priority
consideration is given to applications received by March 13, 2015 and on a
rolling basis until all summer positions are filled. We encourage applicants to
apply early! Interviews will begin next week!

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